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Subject: Re: low-level format of msdos partition needed?
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 12:59:21 GMT
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On Fri, 04 Jul 1997 12:46:06 -0700, Hans Wienen <WienenH AT logica DOT com>
wrote:

>My second dos partition was Primary as well, no wonder it didn't format
>(silly me (and silly msdos, of course)). Yet, it strikes me as odd that 
>dos _could_ format the first 90 sectors of the disk. It shouldn't be able 
>to read them at all. And the other way around, when I booted with the 2nd 
>partition as the active partition, I was able to reach the first 
>partition, but couldn't read a byte of it. Strange thing: reachable 2nd 
>primary partition, I'd say...

Did you use the msdos format program to do the format, or another
program?